Davis v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that parental immunity “is given as a means of enabling the parent to discharge his duties in preserving the domestic tranquility”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Emery v. Emery
  California Supreme Court· 1955-10-28· cited 186×
• Balts v. Balts
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1966-04-01· cited 105×
• Jilani by and Through Jilani v. Jilani
  Texas Supreme Court· 1988-12-14· cited 86×
• Brennecke Ex Rel. Brennecke v. Kilpatrick
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1960-06-13· cited 61×
• Parks v. Parks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-10-07· cited 60×
• Johnson v. Peoples First National Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-11-10· cited 52×
• Apitz v. Dames
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1955-09-09· cited 51×
• Rubalcava v. Gisseman
  Utah Supreme Court· 1963-08-12· cited 42×
• Michigan National Bank v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1972-01-24· cited 40×
• Downs v. Poulin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1966-01-11· cited 36×
• Ennis Ex Rel. Munday v. Truhitte
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1957-11-12· cited 32×
• Davis v. Smith
  Third Circuit· 1958-03-17· cited 32×
• Palcsey v. Tepper
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1962-01-05· cited 27×
• Campbell v. Gruttemeyer
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1968-10-11· cited 22×
• Harlan National Bank v. Gross
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1961-06-09· cited 15×
• Home Insurance Company v. Monaco
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1975-11-10· cited 9×
• Howard Barnwell, Jr., a Minor, by Next Friend, Patricia Barnwell v. Sam L. Cordle, Administrator of the Estate of Howard Barnwell, Sr., Deceased
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-04-13· cited 6×
• Vandonkelaar v. Kid's Kourt, LLC
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2010-09-30· cited 5×
• Worrall v. Moran
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1957-04-30· cited 3×
• Choryak v. Petrick
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1963-02-18· cited 3×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1939-11-22· cited 770×
• The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCH
  Supreme Court· 1856-04-25· cited 348×
• Kane v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1916-12-04· cited 341×
• King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
  Supreme Court· 1948-04-19· cited 327×
• Hewlett v. George
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1891-04-15· cited 292×
• Olberding v. Illinois Central Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1953-11-09· cited 258×
• Thompson v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1910-12-12· cited 202×
• Alexander v. Hillman
  Supreme Court· 1935-12-09· cited 195×
• Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Power Commission
  Supreme Court· 1945-04-09· cited 134×
• Cowgill, Adm'r v. Boock, Adm'r
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1950-05-16· cited 128×
• Roller v. Roller
  Washington Supreme Court· 1905-02-27· cited 128×
• McKelvey v. McKelvey
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1903-09-15· cited 122×
• Mahnke v. Moore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-10-01· cited 110×
• Worrell v. Worrell
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-09-13· cited 62×
• Welch v. Davis
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1951-09-21· cited 52×
• Austin v. Austin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1924-06-16· cited 48×
• Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. v. Nelson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-10-15· cited 24×
• Robinson's Administrator v. Robinson
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1920-05-07· cited 23×
• Berkshire Land Co. v. Federal Security Co.
  Third Circuit· 1952-10-17· cited 20×